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The jobless are no shirking scroungers – you try living on £65.45 a week

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  • vaporate
    vaporate Posts: 1,955 Forumite
    abaxas wrote: »
    I agree, infact make is £200 pw, but you can only claim a maximum of 3 months every 3 years.

    That lazy !!!!!! should get s job, strart a business or do soemthing to get off her !!!!.

    In this country? lmao. There are no jobs mate.
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  • IveSeenTheLight
    IveSeenTheLight Posts: 13,322 Forumite
    Spartacus_Mills wrote: »
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/30/general-election-unemployment-poverty

    Pity them all. Time to raise JSA to £100 a week.

    I would love to know what The_White_Horse thinks :D

    Remember to add all the other allowances that are applicable i.e. housing allowance
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    What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
    Some men you just can't reach.
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  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    vaporate wrote: »
    In this country? lmao. There are no jobs mate.

    There are jobs, problem is many do not want to do what is considered lower status. I have a friend who in the manager of a care home (charity run), they have real problems recruiting workers at well above minimum wage. Many applicants run a mile when they find out that night shifts are required and that that some of the jobs do include literally getting your hands dirty.
  • Jomo
    Jomo Posts: 8,253 Forumite
    I think some would rather exist on what money they get and do the odd job, cash in hand. It can be done at their convenience whereas getting employed would take up far too much of their time....
  • tabskitten
    tabskitten Posts: 1,329 Forumite
    I quite happily turned to rolling up my sleeves and working as a cleaner when I was made redundant from my previous management position.

    There are always jobs if you can come down off your high horse long enough to do them.
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    They Were Up In Arms wrote: »
    I think tabskitten is a crying, walking, sleeping, talking, living troll :cool:
  • abaxas
    abaxas Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    vaporate wrote: »
    In this country? lmao. There are no jobs mate.

    So let met get this straight.... it's someone else's resposility for you to be able to exist?

    Get off your bottom and do something.
  • vaporate
    vaporate Posts: 1,955 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    There are jobs, problem is many do not want to do what is considered lower status. I have a friend who in the manager of a care home (charity run), they have real problems recruiting workers at well above minimum wage. Many applicants run a mile when they find out that night shifts are required and that that some of the jobs do include literally getting your hands dirty.

    Not in my experience. I looked for 8 months and nitto.

    I have a job now in communications but only temp for 6 months.

    Good for experience but nothing else. Employment opportunities are dire.
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  • IveSeenTheLight
    IveSeenTheLight Posts: 13,322 Forumite
    vaporate wrote: »
    Not in my experience. I looked for 8 months and nitto.

    I have a job now in communications but only temp for 6 months.

    Good for experience but nothing else. Employment opportunities are dire.

    Why don't you consider retraining into something more employable
    :wall:
    What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
    Some men you just can't reach.
    :wall:
  • tabskitten
    tabskitten Posts: 1,329 Forumite
    vaporate wrote: »
    Not in my experience. I looked for 8 months and nitto.

    I have a job now in communications but only temp for 6 months.

    Good for experience but nothing else. Employment opportunities are dire.

    promise you I could find you a job, do you like cleaning? Bar work? Kitchen porter? Gardening?

    Or are you holding out for a management postition?!
    :silenced:
    They Were Up In Arms wrote: »
    I think tabskitten is a crying, walking, sleeping, talking, living troll :cool:
  • vaporate
    vaporate Posts: 1,955 Forumite
    IveSeenTheLight wrote: »
    Why don't you consider retraining into something more employable

    I'm only after office work to be honest. So 6 months of 'communications officer' experience should be a start.

    I know a few science grads still unemployed :(
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